40. A Doccia shaped plate, circa 1750-60 Decorated in blue with landscapes of buildings amidst large Asian flowers, the rim with three flowering branches, 30cm diam. (two flat rim chips to the reverse) Provenance With Giancarlo Sestieri, Rome Literature Biancalana, Alessandro, Porcellane Ginori a Doccia. La stanza delle meraviglie di casa Colli, 2023, pp.428-429, cat. 98 The decoration is very similar to the pattern known as "a paesi", painted in red, purple and black, at the Doccia manufactory, and it seems likely that the version in blue corresponds to the description "a paesi blu" mentioned in the 1757 inventory (Biancalana, 2023, p. 428).